The Press Box.

New Coach, Old Problems: Minnesota Player Suspended

MINNEAPOLIS — Shane Schilling, a freshman guard on the beleaguered Minnesota men's team, has been suspended for three games by first-year coach Dan Monson.

In a one-paragraph statement released before Saturday's game against Morehead State, Monson said Schilling had been suspended for a violation of team rules.

Monson took over in July as coach of the Gophers, inheriting a program that is under NCAA investigation for allegations of academic fraud. The allegations cost coach Clem Haskins his job, as well as those of Mark Dienhart, the men's athletics director, and McKinley Boston, vice president for student development and athletics.

Schilling, last year's high school player of the year in Minnesota, was averaging 4.5 points per game.